State Senator Dan Patrick… “TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD ON ALERT

If the alert was issued this evening, then right now it is being briefed to the individual unit comanders. The regular Joe's will get the notice over
this weekend...
In all likelihood, they will be deployed to the region.

This isn't an alert like our BS terror alerts that Bush used to scare people into buying duct tape at Target. Military Alerts are the prerequisite to
deployment.
The only thing stopping that from happening would be someone deciding to call it off.

For the life of me I can't remember the alert sequence (all the crappy details of military life seem to have been wiped from my memory

)
but anyhow, the sequence is now set in motion. We'll see troop movements next week. I'd bet money on it.

Friday, February 20, 2009
Napolitano: Violence in Mexico Not Yet Spilling Across U.S. Border
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano acknowledges rising violence in Mexico, but says while U.S. officials are preparing for that violence to
spill across the border it has not yet.

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Napolitano acknowledged Thursday that violence in Mexico "has risen to very high levels." But she said that although the U.S. is planning for the
potential for violence to move north across the border, it hasn't happened yet. "Right now it has not (crossed the border). But it is a contingency
we have in mind because it could," the former Arizona governor told reporters. "We have contingency plans should violence spread into the United
States." The situation in Mexico is dire.

Also, a little later, this was reported on the same link:

"What we have seen in Mexico is a very sobering trend. ... At the current pace, for 2009 we are looking at something in the area of 8,000 dead.
It is a carnage that is alarming already," Ted Carpenter, a Cato Institute foreign policy expert, said at a forum Thursday. "Mexico has already
displaced Colombia as the kidnapping capital of the world ... and the violence is spilling across the border into the United States. American
citizens, including law enforcement personnel, have been targeted by the drug cartels for assassination." President Obama discussed the latest drug
violence during a meeting last month with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, whose country already has deployed 45,000 troops to fight the cartels.
The final stimulus plan Obama signed into law this week contained about $600 million to help bolster border security and curb gun flow to Mexico -- 95
percent of which come from the U.S. The situation is so unstable the Obama administration's new director of national intelligence warned Congress
last week that the Mexican government is losing control. "The corruptive influence and increasing violence of Mexican drug cartels impedes Mexico
City's ability to govern parts of its country," Dennis Bair told the Senate Intelligence Committee. Even more alarming, the U.S. Joint Forces
Command said in recent report that Mexico rivals Pakistan as the country most at risk of collapse. The report said Mexico's "politicians, police and
judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels. ... Any descent by Mexico into chaos would
demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone." For their part, Texas authorities are preparing
contingency plans for the worst-case scenario -- hundreds of thousands of Mexican refugees attempting to head north to escape the violence. The
economic consequences of collapse are immense with trade between the two countries totaling $368 billion last year. Mexico also is the top supplier to
the U.S. of crude oil. But Carpenter, a longtime observer of the region, said it is unlikely that the Mexican government will fall completely.
"The fear of Mexico becoming a full-fledged failed state is somewhat exaggerated. It's unlikely the violence, as bad as it is, is going to reach
that level," he said, arguing instead that the more likely scenario is Mexico will become "an informal narco-state model in which cartels become
the power behind the throne."

Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
If the alert was issued this evening, then right now it is being briefed to the individual unit comanders. The regular Joe's will get the notice over
this weekend...
In all likelihood, they will be deployed to the region.

This isn't an alert like our BS terror alerts that Bush used to scare people into buying duct tape at Target. Military Alerts are the prerequisite to
deployment.
The only thing stopping that from happening would be someone deciding to call it off.

For the life of me I can't remember the alert sequence (all the crappy details of military life seem to have been wiped from my memory

)
but anyhow, the sequence is now set in motion. We'll see troop movements next week. I'd bet money on it.

NO. This is the real deal.

Bush got back in Dallas this evening. Maybe he will start to get a glimpse of what terror really is?

Either way, the fact that his administration ignored this was proof to me that his war on terror was utter crap.

THE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE
FTW October 24, 2000 - The success of Bush Vice Presidential running mate Richard Cheney at leading Halliburton, Inc. to a five year $3.8 billion
"pig-out" on federal contracts and taxpayer-insured loans is only a partial indicator of what may happen if the Bush ticket wins in two weeks. A
closer look at available research, including an August 2, 2000 report by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) at www.public-i.org, suggests that drug
money has played a role in the successes achieved by Halliburton under Cheney's tenure as CEO from 1995 to 2000. This is especially true for
Halliburton's most famous subsidiary, heavy construction and oil giant, Brown and Root. A deeper look into history reveals that Brown and Root's
past as well as the past of Dick Cheney himself, connect to the international drug trade on more than one occasion and in more than one way.
This June the lead Washington, D.C. attorney for a major Russian oil company connected in law enforcement reports to heroin smuggling and also a
beneficiary of US backed loans to pay for Brown and Root contracts in Russia, held a $2.2 million fund raiser to fill the already bulging coffers of
presidential candidate George W. Bush. This is not the first time that Brown and Root has been connected to drugs and the fact is that this "poster
child" of American industry may also be a key player in Wall Street's efforts to maintain domination of the half trillion dollar a year global drug
trade and its profits. And Dick Cheney, who has also come closer to drugs than most suspect, and who is also Halliburton's largest individual
shareholder ($45.5 million), has a vested interest in seeing to it that Brown and Root's successes continue.

Of all American companies dealing directly with the U.S. military and providing cover for CIA operations few firms can match the global presence of
this giant construction powerhouse which employs 20,000 people in more than 100 countries. Through its sister companies or joint ventures, Brown and
Root can build offshore oil rigs, drill wells, construct and operate everything from harbors to pipelines to highways to nuclear reactors. It can
train and arm security forces and it can now also feed, supply and house armies. One key beacon of Brown and Root's overwhelming appeal to agencies
like the CIA is that, from its own corporate web page, it proudly announces that it has received the contract to dismantle aging Russian nuclear
tipped ICBMs in their silos.

Furthermore, the relationships between key institutions, players and the Bushes themselves suggest that under a George "W" administration the Bush
family and its allies may well be able, using Brown and Root as the operational interface, to control the drug trade all the way from Medellin to
Moscow.

Originally formed as a heavy construction company to build dams, Brown and Root grew its operations via shrewd political contributions to Senate
candidate Lyndon Johnson in 1948. Expanding into the building of oil platforms, military bases, ports, nuclear facilities, harbors and tunnels, Brown
and Root virtually underwrote LBJ's political career. It prospered as a result, making billions on U.S. Government contracts during the Vietnam War.
The "Austin Chronicle" in an August 28 Op-ed piece entitled "The Candidate From Brown and Root" labels Republican Cheney as the political
dispenser of Brown and Root's largesse. According to political campaign records, during Cheney's five year tenure at Halliburton the company's
political contributions more than doubled to $1.2 million. Not surprisingly, most of that money went to Republican candidates.

Independent news service "newsmakingnews.com," also describes how in 1998, with Cheney as Chairman, Halliburton spent $8.1 billion to purchase oil
industry equipment and drilling supplier Dresser Industries. This made Halliburton a corporation that will have a presence in almost any future oil
drilling operation anywhere in the world. And it also brought back into the family fold the company that had once sent a plane - also in 1948 - to
fetch the new Yale Graduate George H.W. Bush, to begin his career in the Texas oil business. Bush the elder's father, Prescott, served as a Managing
Director for the firm that once owned Dresser, Brown Bothers Harriman.

It is clear that everywhere there is oil there is Brown and Root. But increasingly, everywhere there is war or insurrection there is Brown and Root
also. From Bosnia and Kosovo, to Chechnya, to Rwanda, to Burma, to Pakistan, to Laos, to Vietnam, to Indonesia, to Iran to Libya to Mexico to
Colombia, Brown and Root's traditional operations have expanded from heavy construction to include the provision of logistical support for the U.S.
military. Now, instead of U.S. Army quartermasters, the world is likely to see Brown and Root warehouses storing and managing everything from uniforms
to rations to vehicles.

Dramatic expansion of Brown and Root's operations in Colombia also suggest Bush preparations for a war inspired feeding frenzy as a part of "Plan
Colombia." This is consistent with moves by former Bush Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady to open a joint Colombian-American investment partnership
called Corfinsura for the financing of major construction projects with the Colombian Antioquia Syndicate, headquartered in Medellin. (See FTW June,
00). And expectations of a ground war in Colombia may explain why, in a 2000 SEC filing, Brown and Root reported that in addition to owning more than
800,000 square feet of warehouse space in Colombia, they also lease another 122,000 square feet. According to the filing of the Brown and Root Energy
Services Group, the only other places where the company maintains warehouse space are in Mexico (525,000 sq. feet), and the U.S. (38,000) square
feet.

According to the web site of Colombia's Foreign Investment Promotion Agency Brown and Root had no presence in the country until 1997. What does Brown
and Root, which, according to the AP has made more than $2 billion supporting and supplying U.S. troops, know about Colombia that the U.S. public does
not? Why the need for almost a million square feet of warehouse space that can be transferred from one Brown and Root operation (energy) to another
(military support) with the stroke of a pen?

DRUGS

As described by the Associated Press, during "Iran-Contra" Congressman Dick Cheney of the House Intelligence Committee was a rabid supporter of
Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North. This was in spite of the fact that North had lied to Cheney in a private 1986 White House briefing. Oliver North's own
diaries and subsequent investigations by the CIA Inspector General have irrevocably tied him directly to coc aine smuggling during the 1980s and
the opening of bank accounts for one firm moving four tons of coc aine a month. This, however, did not stop Cheney from actively supporting
North's 1994 unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate from Virginia just a year before he took over the reins at Brown and Root's parent company, Dallas
based Halliburton Inc. in 1995.

I won't post the entire piece, because it is too long, but if you want to see how Bush and Cheney fit in with the drug lords, read the rest of the
article in the link.

Mexico Ready to Collapse. FEMA Camps to Detain Mexicans and Americans. The news that Texas officials are working on contingency plans to deal with
a sudden influx of illegal aliens following a collapse of the Mexican government has sparked fears that FEMA detention camps, the expansion of which
is the subject of current legislation in Congress, are being readied to detain thousands of illegals as well as American citizens

Good Evening Hx. Good to see you again. I think this is the real thing. There are so many disastrous situations going on right now, it's hard to keep
track of them all. What seems certain is that the Chinese were right "We are living in interesting times".
I think we need a thread to keep track of the governments that have fallen already, and another one, like the FX thread, where posters can predict the
next government to fall.

I understand that this is the real deal. I said as much in my last post.

Like I said, the regular Joe troops (that someone spoke of earlier in the thread not knowing anything about it) will know soon enough.
Once your unit is put on alert, all that goes through your mind as a soldier, is the job you are about to do. The only thing that can stop that is a
change in orders, for whatever reason.
But for now, this is a go.

I understand that this is the real deal. I said as much in my last post.

Like I said, the regular Joe troops (that someone spoke of earlier in the thread not knowing anything about it) will know soon enough.
Once your unit is put on alert, all that goes through your mind as a soldier, is the job you are about to do. The only thing that can stop that is a
change in orders, for whatever reason.
But for now, this is a go.

I wonder if it will hit MSM?

I;m workied up, I could see this being the catalyst that gets it all going... in my ownhomelat too

Prof, I am not slamming you or anything. I just don't think this is the real thing. I have looked at almost every major news site in Texas and have
yet to see any news of this. I just feel if this was the case then these news would be covering it big time.

That being said, i will clarify that it wouldn't be a bad idea to send the troops to help out. However, do the guards have the authority to do that
under Federal or State laws? Last time they sent the guard to help out the border patrol, the Guards mainly stayed in the background providing
communication and clerical help.

It would be nay on impossible to keep such a situation under wraps, I believe.
But at any rate, if what I've read is correct, it seems as if this stuff is just coming down the pipe. I would expect for the Lower-Enlisted folks to
be finding out tomorrow... Or maybe Sunday. Unless the story just isn't true, of course.

When it rains it pours, especially in Texas.
I have family in the Houston area who have made it through my mom's cancer scare and the most recent hurricanes. Now they face the threat of the
Mexican Civil War spilling over into Texas.

Thanks to the Texas Govt. for making a stand to protect it's citizens.

When a problem created by our own government goes unchecked and unnoticed, (on purpose) no one says anything, now here goes the senator grandstanding
to attempt to make the president look bad, possibly playing politics.

What is new here? nothing, the only thing new is that the problem along the border is growing in magnitude, it has been a big problem for at least the
last 15 - 20 years, to sit up and make it seem like Obama doesn't know what to do is asinine, please go back and read history of how problems are
created in countries where our heavy meddling has backfired over a number of years, funding rebels, starting trouble, backing certain cartels,
covertly operating and playing the bad guy with bad guys, come on people wake the eff up, where have you been the last 30 years of history????????????
this situation is ongoing and will continue to go on, I say if you complain, go down to the local recruiting office, do your part, you can't go wrong
at least if the fighting breaks out you will be in a somewhat more organized situation than any civilian organized effort or single handed effort,
look at the 8 - 20 years, particularly the last 8 of the unnatural growth in immigrants from across the border unchecked and nothing really done about
it, this is a disgrace, we have been infiltrated, we are so busy concentrating on people across the water being a threat and here we are with drug
money funded gangs and others aligned with who might start fighting at the border.

The state National Guard is divided up into units stationed in each of the 50 states and U.S. territories and operates under their respective state
governor or territorial adjutant general [4]. The National Guard may be called up for active duty by state governors or territorial adjutant general
to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.[4] With the consent of state
governors, members or units of state National Guard may be appointed or deployed as federally recognized armed force members in active or inactive
service [5][6][7]. If so recognized, they become part of the National Guard of the United States

My understanding is that the Governor of the state has control of the National Guard UNLESS the President decides to take control. In this case, if
the President does not, the Governor still makes the decisions.

I understand your concern over this, since there has been a lack of MSM news regarding this. There have, however, been quite a few MSM reports leading
up to this, including several that stated that State Sen. Patrick would be going on Fox on Friday morning to make a major announcement. Unfortunately,
Foxnews seems slow to post things that were on Foxnews TV shows.

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